Dr. Amanda Jansen

BOOK & RELATED PUBLICATIONS: Order Rough Draft Math at Routledge.com

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• Jansen, A. (2020). Rough Draft Math: Revising to Learn. Routledge.

• Jansen, A. (2020). Rough-Draft Thinking and Revising in Mathematics. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 113(12), e107-e110.

• Jansen, A., Cooper, B., Vascellaro, S., & Wandless, P. (2017). Rough-draft talk in mathematics classrooms. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 22(5), 304-307.

  • Selected as an MTMS "favorite"​

  • NCTM's 2018 Research into Practice award​​​

• Thanheiser, E., & Jansen, A. (2016). Inviting prospective teachers to share rough draft mathematical thinking. Mathematics Teacher Educator, 4(2), 145-163.

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ARTICLES

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• ​Rathouz, M., Cengiz-Phillips, N., & Krebs, A. S. (2023). Promoting Equitable PST Participation in Mathematical Discourse: Rough Drafts on an Asynchronous Discussion Board. Mathematics Teacher Educator, 11(2), 117-131.

• Edutopia: Rough Draft Thinking can make Math Class More Inclusive (10/15/2020)​

• KQED’s MindShift: How Encouraging Rough Draft Thinking Highlights the Strengths in All Students (9/28/2020)

• KQED’s MindShift: What It Looks Like When Students Share and Revise Rough Drafts in Math Class (9/28/2020)

• EdWeek: Getting Students to Talk about Math Solves Problems (5/05/2020)

• UDaily: Rough Draft Math (3/31/2020)

• Colorado Mathematics Teacher: Dylan Kane connects “Stronger and Clearer Each Time” to Rough Draft Math (3/03/2020)

• Felisilda, A. B., & Roble, D. B. (2020). Students' problem solving skills using rough draft talk strategy in mathematics classrooms. European Journal of Education Studies, 7(7).

• Cox, D. C. (2019). Toward an Empathetic Understanding of Scholarship. Revista Brasileira de Pesquisa (Auto) Biográfica, 4(10), 68-79. (Dana Cox connects rough draft thinking to conducting scholarship in mathematics education.)

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VIDEO RECORDED PRESENTATIONS

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• Ignite talk at NCTM annual meeting (September 29, 2023) [6 minutes]

• ShadowCon VI - Diving in with our Students [12 minutes] (September 29, 2022)

• Plenary speaker at Matematikksenteret conference, Trondheim, Norway (Nov. 30 - Dec. 1, 2021). Video [~50 min] of talk here.

• NCTM’s 100 Days of Professional Learning [behind NCTM paywall] (10/05/2020)

• UNC-Greensboro Yopp Distinguished Speaker Series in Mathematics Education - afternoon talk [1 hour] (2/24/2020)

• Presentation to the Association of Maryland Mathematics Teacher Educators - Inviting Rough Draft Thinking to Humanize the Math Classroom [1 hour] (3/28/2019)

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PODCAST EPISODES​​

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• Audio: Blue Glasses Math with Pam Brett. How revising our thinking transforms learning [36 minutes] (January 29, 2025)

• Audio: Learner Centered Spaces with Starr Sackstein & Crystal Frommert. Mandy Jansen makes connections in math. (December 29, 2024) [23 minutes]

• Audio: More Math for More People (CPM podcast with Joel Miller and Misty Nikula). Part 1 [41 minutes] (May 14, 2024) and Part 2 [27 minutes] (May 28, 2024).

• Audio: Rounding Up (Math Learning Center podcast with Mike Wallus), Season 2, Episode 13 (March 7, 2024) [21 minutes]

• Audio: Evidence for Education [E4E] podcast. Season 4, Episode 5: The Power of Engagement. (February 6, 2024) [20 minutes]

• Audio: Learning through Math with Laura Tomas and Karina Cousins. Episode 126: A Conversation with Mandy Jansen [48 minutes] (January 22, 2024).

• Audio: Learning through Math, Episode 105 (Laura Tomas and Karina Cousins discuss: What is Rough Draft Math?) [26 minutes] (3/26/2023)

• Audio & Video: Debate Math, Episode 15: Retakes versus Test Corrections [56 minutes, Audio, Video] (March 9, 2023)

• Audio: All Learners Network with John Tapper and T.J. Jemison. Episode (Season 3, Episode 7): Rough Draft Math and the Brilliance of Student Thinking. [46 minutes] (November 21, 2022).

• Audio: NCSM Leadership in Mathematics Education - Learning with Leaders podcast, Episode: Creating a District-Wide Evolution toward Rough Draft Math with Laura Bower and Traci Richards from Tacoma Public Schools [21 minutes] (October, 2022)

• Video: Teaching Like Ted Lasso, Episode 2: Be Curious, interviewed by Dave Coffey [22:05 - 42:36], (11/02/22) 

• Audio: Math Ed Podcast episode 2019, interviewed by Sam Otten [21 minutes] (12/07/21)

• Audio: Ready, Set, Growth podcast episode, Interviewed by Nick Moskaluk [31 minutes] (01/03/2022)

• Video: Math Teacher Lounge, Episode 4, Segment 2 - Wrong and Brilliant [7 minutes] (4/12/2021)

• Audio: Amidon Planet podcast episode - Rough Draft Thinking with Dr. Amanda Jansen [44 minutes] (1/29/2021)

• Video: Episode about Rough Draft Math on the Looney Math “Math Together” show [48 min] (11/29/2020)

• Audio: Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud, Teacher Edition - Rough Draft Math. Includes transcript [17 min] (9/08/2020)

• Audio: Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud, Coaches’ Edition - Revision Thinking in Math Classrooms. Includes transcript [26 min] (8/27/2020)

• Audio: Stenhouse Teacher’s Corner - Math instruction in the age of COVID-19 (with Chris Luzniak, author of Up for Debate!). Includes transcript [39 min] (8/15/2020)

• Audio: Teaching Math Teaching - summer book club wrap up [44 min] (6/25/2020)

• Audio: Teaching Math Teaching - rough draft math in regular and online math classrooms [26 min] (4/14/2020)

• Video: What is Rough Draft Math? Interviewed by Dr. Eva Thanheiser, Portland State University [7 min] (4/03/2020)

• Video: Connections between Rough Draft Math and Literacy - Interviewed by Dr. Susan Bennett-Armistead, University of Maine [28 min] (3/20/2020)

• Video: Rough Draft Math (Stenhouse video) [less than 2 min] (3/09/2020)

• Video: UD Outreach [3 min] (5/24/2016)

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BLOG POSTS

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• Stenhouse Blog: Why Should We Revise Our Mathematical Thinking?

• Stenhouse Blog: Revising Mathematics Thinking Through Multiple Drafts (with Leah Simon)

• Stenhouse Blog: Rough Draft Math in Online Math Class (with Megan Wickstrom and Derek Williams)

• Stenhouse Blog: Stenhouse Math Twitter Chat

• Stenhouse Blog: Getting Started with Making and Evaluating Claims in Math (Something to Talk About) (with Molly Brnich) (9/30/2021)

• Illustrative Mathematics curriculum's blog by Courtney Ortega: The Role of Revision in Math Class (4/27/2023)

• Middle Web blog: A Rough Draft Math Mindset Boosts Learning (with Kathleen Taylor) (7/26/2021)

• Mr. Joyce 180’s blog post about rough draft math (10/11/2020)

• UCDS: Blogs We are Reading - Rough Draft Thinking (10/08/2020)

• AMS blog: Francis Su’s Blogs and Rough Drafts for Math (8/31/2020)

• Francis Su: Teach Math Like You’d Teach Writing (8/24/2020)

• Middle Web’s review of Rough Draft Math (6/04/2020)

• Katherin Cartwright: Why drafting and re-drafting is important in math class (11/25/2019)

• Crystal Kalenic-Craig: The Right to Claim a Mistake and Revise your Thinking (7/17/2019)

• Kim Rimbey: Writing Rough Drafts in Math Class? (4/30/2018)

• Jill Gough: What is Rough Draft Thinking & how can it be integrated into math classrooms? (4/24/2018)

• Dan Meyer: Rough Draft Thinking and Bucky the Badger (3/21/2018)

• Dan Meyer: Rough draft talk in front of hundreds of math teachers (3/19/2018)

• Andrew Busch’s blog posts (2018 & 2017)

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BOOK STUDY

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• Online book study about Rough Draft Math -- includes prompts for each chapter and reflections

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